Mediating messages with negative sentiments in a social network

Abstract

Mediating messages with negative sentiments in a social network includes monitoring a number of messages in a social network, analyzing content of the number of messages to identify negative sentiments about a victim in the social network, determining a threshold, the threshold defining a maximum number of the messages containing the negative sentiments that are allowed to be disseminated about the victim, and executing, based on the threshold, an action to mediate the negative sentiments about the victim.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for mediating messages with negative sentiments in a social network, the method comprising:
 monitoring a number of messages in a social network;   analyzing content of the number of messages to identify negative sentiments about a victim in the social network;   determining a threshold, the threshold defining a maximum number of the messages containing the negative sentiments that are allowed to be disseminated about the victim; and   executing, based on the threshold, an action to mediate the negative sentiments about the victim.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , in which the action comprises alerting the victim via an alert, generating computer generated messages, generating user generated messages, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , in which generating the computer generated messages comprises:
 determining a number of the computer generated messages to generate;   generating the number of the computer generated messages with keywords, adjectives, phrases, positive sentiments, correct facts, or combinations thereof;   creating a temporary email identification (ID) associated with each of the computer generated messages; and   posting the number of the computer generated messages to a wall of the victim.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , in which generating the user generated messages comprises:
 determining a number of the user generated messages to generate;   prompting users of the social network to generate the user generated messages with positive sentiments, correct facts, or combinations thereof; and   posting the number of the user generated messages to a wall of the victim.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 2 , in which the alert is sent via electronic mail (email), instant message (IM), a short message service (SMS), or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising receiving a number of user preferences for the victim. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , in which the user preferences comprises a time for monitoring the number of messages in the social network, topics associated with the negative sentiments, the threshold, specific terms associated with the negative sentiments, an arrival rate of the positive messages, a number of user generated messages to generate, a number of computer generated messages to generate, facts to check, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         8 . A system for mediating messages with negative sentiments in a social network, the system comprising:
 a receiving engine to receive a number of user preferences for a victim;   a monitoring engine to monitor a number of messages in a social network;   an analyzing engine to analyze content of the number of messages to identify negative sentiments about the victim in the social network;   a determining engine to determine a threshold, the threshold defining a maximum number of the messages containing the negative sentiments that are allowed to be disseminated about the victim; and   an executing engine to execute, based on the threshold, an action to mediate the negative sentiments about the victim.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , in which the action comprises alerting the victim via an alert, generating computer generated messages, generating user generated messages, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , in which generating the computer generated messages comprises:
 determining a number of the computer generated messages to generate;   generating the number of the computer generated messages with keywords, adjectives, phrases, positive sentiments, correct facts, or combinations thereof;   creating a temporary email identification (ID) associated with each of the computer generated messages; and   posting the number of the computer generated messages to a wall of the victim.   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 9 , in which generating the user generated messages comprises:
 determining a number of the user generated messages to generate;   prompting users of the social network to generate the user generated messages with positive sentiments, correct facts, or combinations thereof; and   posting the number of the user generated messages to a wall of the victim.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 9 , in which the alert is sent via electronic mail (email), instant message (IM), a short message service (SMS), or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 8 , in which the user preferences comprises a time for monitoring the number of messages in the social network, topics associated with the negative sentiments, the threshold, specific terms associated with the negative sentiments, an arrival rate of the positive messages, a number of user generated messages to generate, a number of computer generated messages to generate, facts to check, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         14 . A computer program product for mediating messages with negative sentiments in a social network, comprising:
 a tangible computer readable storage medium, the tangible computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising program instructions that, when executed, causes a processor to:   analyze content of a number of messages to identify negative sentiments about a victim in a social network;   determine a threshold, the threshold defining a maximum number of the messages containing the negative sentiments that are allowed to be disseminated about the victim; and   execute, based on the threshold, an action to mediate the negative sentiments about the victim.   
     
     
         15 . The product of  claim 14 , further comprising computer readable program code comprising program instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive a number of user preferences for the victim. 
     
     
         16 . The product of  claim 14 , further comprising computer readable program code comprising program instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to monitor the number of messages in the social network. 
     
     
         17 . The product of  claim 14 , in which the action comprises alerting the victim via an alert, generating computer generated messages, generating user generated messages, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         18 . The product of  claim 17 , in which the computer generated messages are generated by:
 determining a number of the computer generated messages to generate;   generating the number of the computer generated messages with keywords, adjectives, phrases, positive sentiments, correct facts, or combinations thereof;   creating a temporary email identification (ID) associated with each of the computer generated messages; and   posting the number of the computer generated messages to a wall of the victim.   
     
     
         19 . The product of  claim 17 , in which the user generated messages are generated by:
 determining a number of the user generated messages to generate;   prompting users of the social network to generate the user generated messages with positive sentiments, correct facts, or combinations thereof; and   posting the number of the user generated messages to a wall of the victim.   
     
     
         20 . The product of  claim 15 , in which the user preferences comprises a time for monitoring the number of messages in the social network, topics associated with the negative sentiments, the threshold, specific terms associated with the negative sentiments, an arrival rate of the positive messages, a number of user generated messages to generate, a number of computer generated messages to generate, facts to check, or combinations thereof.